Uncertainty in Historical Land-Use Reconstructions with Topographic Maps

Kaim Dominik (), Kozak Jacek, Ostafin Krzysztof, Dobosz Monika, Ostapowicz Katarzyna, Kolecka Natalia and Gimmi Urs
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Kaim Dominik: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Kozak Jacek: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Ostafin Krzysztof: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Dobosz Monika: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Ostapowicz Katarzyna: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Kolecka Natalia: Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Gimmi Urs: Research Unit Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2014, vol. 33, issue 3, 55-63

Abstract: The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km2) and Swiss Alps (nearly 10,000 km2) based on topographic maps. Following Leyk et al. (2005) all possible uncertainties are grouped into three domains - production-oriented, transformation- oriented and application-oriented. We show typical examples for each uncertainty domain, encountered during the forest cover change analysis and discuss consequences for change detection. Finally, a proposal for reliability assessment is presented.

Keywords: forest cover change; uncertainty; topographic maps; the Carpathians; the Alps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2014-0029

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